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No. 545,583. Patented sept. s, 1895.

UNITED STAT-Es l JOHN H. ELWARD, OF WHITEWATERWISCONSIN.

PATENT OFFICE.

PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,583, dated September 3, 1895.

Original application filed September 15, 1887, VSerial No.249f767. Divided and this application tiled December 22, 1887. Serial No.

A 258,705. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. ELWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Whiten water, in the county of Walworth and State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planters, of'which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a plan view of a machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Figs. 3, 4., 5, and 6 are views of details. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a somewhat modified form of machine, also containing the invention. Fig. 8v is lan enlarged section of the seeding device. Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 10 is a cross-section. Figs. 1l and l2 show details. Fig. 13 is a still further enlarged longitudinal section showing the parts in the position occupied when planting corn. tional detail.

Referring to Figs. l to 6, there is shown a framework mounted upon carrying-wheels, there being side bars A with suitable crossgirts or framing pieces, the whole being mounted upon an axle and ground-Wheels A2.

In other applications which I have filed I have shownand described planting mechanisms in each of which there was introduced a corn-planting device and a cotton-planting device, both adapted to be fed from the same seed-carrier and each adapted to be thrown out of action when the other is operating. The object in the present case is to produce a construction in which the same Working parts, including one droppin gfcylinder, may be used to plant either corn or cotton-seed, in contradistinction to the constructions illustrated and described in the said other applications When separate dropping mechanisms were attached to the hopper; and to the attaining of this object the main feature consists of a dropping cylinder or wheel so constructed that it can be used to measure the charges of corn and separate them from the corn in the Seed-box, and shall have suitable devices for separating the charges of cotton-seed from the cotton-seed in the box, both the corn and cotton-seed feeding devices being contained in the same cylinder or wheel, and so constructed and organized that either may be ad,

Fig. 14 is a sec- -threads in the aforesaid cavities ks.

justed to an operative position andthe other be inoperative. These features of construction can be embodied in numerous ways, of which I have selected for illustration here two or three of .those which I have devised.

In Figs. l and 2 a machine is shown having two seedfdistributing mechanisms, Whereby it is adapted to plant two rows simultaneously, there being a seed-receptacle G on each side, from each of which the seed is carried to a shoe M, and behind the shoe there is a packer S, here shown asa rotating wheel or roller, suspended by carriers S and adjusting devicess. The seedsdropping cylinder or wheel is .represented by I, which in this case is constructed in such way and has such attachments combined therewith that it is adapted to feed both corn and cotton. Cups 7.45 are formed therein or attached thereto, which, under proper adjustment of parts, are adapted to receive the seed from the mass in the hopper and carry it round to the point of dropping. When the seed adapted thereto is being planted, more or less of the chambers in each of these cups is left open, so that the seed can readily drop inten-,them as shown in Fig. 4. For planting cotton use is made of teeth i, adapted to be projected out from the periphery of the wheel, and also adapted to be carried back flush with the surface of the cylinder, or to such distance inward as to have the outer ends inside of the periphery.

These teeth fi preferably have threaded portions i', by which they can be carried out or in, the thread engaging with corresponding Moreover, I prefer to so construct the parts that the tooth z' can itself be made to serve as the bottom of the seed-cup when corn or analogous seed is to be planted. To effect this, the depths of the cups and the length of the parts c' e" are so related that the latter can be either caused to project or can be depressedcompletely below the surface of the cylinder. It will be seen that the cups thus'have adjustable bottoms. l l consists of a rubber or flexible flap slit or slotted in the plane of the teeth t' and adapted to operate in an obvious Way. The hopper, as shown is Figs. 1 and 2, is suspended from a frame more or less similar to the ordinary grain-drill frame, but it is adapted to be I provide a cut-off O, which IOO communicate with a supplemental opening or passageway through the periphery, (indicated by 7.5,) into which are iitted and through which can slide the pickingffngers vl.

In Figs. 7 Vto 10 the parts are adjusted for the planting of cotton. The Vhopper is provided with two bottom plates, that at B2 being elevated somewhat above that at B. means of a guide or sliding bottom B4 material can be thrown into either end of the box or hopper, although this is not an essential element of the construction. I prefer to have the cotton-seed tend to move down into the for ward end of the box when it is being planted, and arrange the part B4 as shown in Fig. 8, there being a stirrer or agitator at 71,2 71,3, substantially similar to those above described. There is a short vertical wall at b5, having a slotted plate more or less similar to that in the constructions shown and described in said oth er applications. In said vertical wall there is a slotthrough which the cotton-picking fingers can pass to engage with the seed. There is here also a sliding cover R', which can be adjusted vertically, as shown by the full and dotted lines in Figs. 8, 10, and 13. Below the escape-aperture g in the bottom there are cutoff rollers Z, mounted on springs z, which are inserted into the frame-bars, as shown in Fig. 10. The seed-delivering parts are here arranged as follows: The part t" is turned to have the projections 713 714 lie toward the center of the cavities 755, and the part i lies between the lugs i2 i3, so that when the part 712 is turned one Way or the other the projecting parts of the lingers t' can be adjusted relatively to the periphery. Power is taken by means of the chain at T from the ground-wheel A2 to the shaft I', and as the cylinder or wheel I revolves the teeth or fingers t' project through the slot at g4, engage with the desired amount of cotton-seed, press it down between the rollers Z, and deliver it to the shoe M. A supplemental regulation can be attained by means of a cut-off valve V, pivoted at 1J and adapted to be so moved in one direction or the other as to close more or less of the bottom aperture g.

In Fig. 13 the feeding devices are adjusted for the dropping of corn. In this case the cotton teeth or fingers z' are turned half-way around, so that the lug i2 shall lie in a chanber 759, leaving the unbroken side of each iinger turned toward the seed-cup. The parts 'i' are arranged to form bottoms for the seedcups and can be adjusted to any required depth. Y

In both the forms shown in Figs. l to 6, on the one hand, and in Figs. 7 to 13, on the other, the screw-threads on the parts t" constitute a means whereby, first, the cotton-seed dropping-teeth may he made inoperative while the cylinder is dropping corn; second, the bottoms of the seed-cups can be adjusted, and, third, the seed-cups can be closed entirely while the cylinder is dropping cotton seed. It will be seen that by means of the parts t' t" in either of the two constructions last referred to the intervals of planting can be regulated. In planting cotton, for instance, every alternate part t' can be projected outward and the others can be put flush with the periphery of the cylinder or wheel,`or a still fewer number can be allowed to project, or all can be projected. So, too, when planting corn some of the cups may be more or less opened and others may be left closed in order to vary theintervals of dropping.

I do not herein claim any of the combinations set forth in my otherapplication, Serial No. 249,767, tiled September 15, 1887, or in my Patent No. 373,226, dated November 15, 1887, of which application and patent the present case is a division so far as relates tothe claims herein and so far as relates to the specific construction shown in Figs. l to 10, inclusive, and to those features of construction and arrangement in the other machines herein shown, which are also embodied in the first said form in Figs. l to 10.

What I claim is- 1. In a combined corn planter and cotton planter, the combination with the hopper, of the seed dropping wheel having a series of cavities, fingers adapted to project from the periphery of said wheel and also to be placed inside of said periphery, and a series of independent screw threaded deviees for adjusting said fingers to different positions and holding them in one or the other, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the hopper or seed receptacle having two compartments, of a seeding Wheel mounted below one of said compartments and at the side or end of the other andhaving a series of seed cavities and a series of adjustable seeding fingers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOI-IN II. ELWARD.

Witnesses:

THos. E. WooDs, ISAAC JIMERsoN.

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